Industry News
Schools to teach the dangers of vaping
A new digital campaign aimed at discouraging school-aged children from vaping is being rolled out in WA schools. [ + ]
Only 9% of Australian orgs prepared for breach
Just 9% of Australian IT pros feel that their organisation is prepared to handle a successful cyber attack such as a ransomware breach, research suggests. [ + ]
Forescout Venture Labs develops PoC IoT ransomware
Forescout's Venture Labs has published a proof-of-concept study demonstrating the ransomware threat posed by the proliferation of IoT devices. [ + ]
Learning STEM skills from resources sector
STEM professionals from the resources and energy sector have visited 12 Queensland primary schools. [ + ]
Remote students receive IT boost
An increase in IT hardware funding has been announced by the Queensland Government for geographically isolated students. [ + ]
YMCA Victoria adopts Avaya Cloud Office suite
YMCA Victoria aims to enable collaboration for its workforce of staff and volunteers, and reduce administrative time and costs, with the Avaya Cloud Office suite. [ + ]
Boosting bandwidth for public schools
A WA Government initiative to increase bandwidth in Western Australian public schools continues to roll out. [ + ]
Changi Airport to implement multi-biometrics
IDEMIA has been tapped to provide biometric solutions to facilitate the passenger experience in Singapore Changi Airport Terminals 1 and 2. [ + ]
Study: Use of company-wide encryption stagnates in Aus
Australia is lagging behind the global average when it comes to having a consistent, enterprise-wide encryption strategy. [ + ]
60% of organisations leveraging digital twins
New research from Capgemini finds that 60% of organisations in major sectors are leaning on digital twins to improve operational performance and sustainability. [ + ]
NBN underperforms compared to NZ counterpart
The ACCC and New Zealand counterpart the Commerce Commission have published a joint report comparing performance of the NBN against NZ's UFB network. [ + ]
New education minister welcomed
The appointment of Jason Clare as federal Minister for Education has been welcomed by the Association of Heads of Independent Schools of Australia. [ + ]
Centre helps protect small business against cyber threats
A new centre to help NSW small businesses respond to cybersecurity incidents has officially opened at Western Sydney University. [ + ]
If AI invents something, who gets the patent?
Researchers from UNSW Sydney have published a paper exploring intellectual property issues arising from inventions by AI. [ + ]
Scammers taking advantage of hype over NFTs
Tenable has warned that scammers have started taking advantage of the hype over NFTs and cryptocurrencies to target their victims. [ + ]
